So the results came back, and officially, Hadar Shira has celiac. This news was met with initial sadness from me, less about what that means for us (because we will do EVERYTHING to make her happy and confident and safe), but more about what that means for her. I'm not too familiar with celiac but I understand it is a very strict diet with a lot of changes. Mostly I am feeling heartbroken for the times where she really wants to eat something with her friends at a party and then can't. She is an amazing happy kid, and it breaks my heart a little bit that she needs to grow up faster than she would in this one area, that the happy innocence may be more limited.
I ran over to the supermarket when we got the news and spend 250 shekel on gluten-free things for my baby. Donuts, cookies, bamba, chips, bread, cereals, etc.
We are technically supposed to start but tomorrow she has her Yom Haatzmaut party in Gan, and since we want to do this the right way, we can't do it before the party. So she has one more day of gluten before of a lifetime without, and we will do everything in our power to make it comfortable and happy for her.
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